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CITIES and VILLAGES

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ENJOYMENTS and PAINS

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PALESTINE

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Red Cross in Palestine.

Dr. Kock the first and only German nurse in the desert with her helpers

between 1917 and 1919

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

kock german nurse palestine WW1 world war 1914 1918 guerre mondiale patrick milan

Red Cross in Palestine.

Dr. Kock the first and only German nurse in the desert with her helpers

between 1917 and 1919

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

palestine WW1 world war 1914 1918 guerre mondiale patrick milan

Turkish supply train in Sinai

American Colony (Jerusalem). Photo Dept., photographer

1917

Photograph taken from a branch of Al Hejaz railway to Hafir El Auja and El Qusaima via Beersheba

in Negev Desert.

(Source: A. Shams, Sinai Peninsula Research, 2018)

 

The Ottoman forces and their German and Austrian Habsburg allies were holding a defence

and supply line along Wadi El Arish during the World War I Sinai Campaign in 1914-early 1917 CE (major battles: Rumana, Maqdaba and Rafah).

There were Ottoman military camps equipped with field hospitals, watering facilities

and ammunition stock at the town of El Arish (fortress and major camp), El Maqdaba (major camp), Abu Aweigilla and El Ruafa (outpost), El Qusaima (outpost) and Hafir El Auja (major camp), plus Nakhl (fortress) and Bir Hassana (outpost) in central Sinai and other westward water points

and outposts in North Sinai.

 Also, the Ottomans (German Engineers) constructed a branch from Al Hejaz railway to Hafir El Auja and El Qusaima via Beersheba to supply and evacuate their forces (north-south),

while the British Royal Engineers were constructing a railway and water pipeline along Darb El Arish or El Darb El Sultani (ancient Way of Horus or Via Maris)

to advance eastwards to Rafah and Palestine.

The first asphalt road between El Qantara and El Arish was constructed

by Shell Company in 1952-54 CE.

(Source: A. Shams, Sinai Peninsula Research, 2018)

G. Eric and Edith Matson Photograph Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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 Turkish officers & camel in Sinai campaign

American Colony (Jerusalem). Photo Dept., photographer

1917 or 1918

Photograph taken from unknown location, possibly a temporary outpost in Sinai Peninsula or Negev Desert.

(Source: A. Shams, Sinai Peninsula Research, 2018)

 

The Ottoman forces and their German and Austrian Habsburg allies were holding a defence

and supply line along Wadi El Arish during the World War I Sinai Campaign in 1914-early 1917 CE (major battles: Rumana, Maqdaba and Rafah).

There were Ottoman military camps equipped with field hospitals, watering facilities and ammunition stock at the town of El Arish (fortress and major camp), El Maqdaba (major camp),

Abu Aweigilla and El Ruafa (outpost), El Qusaima (outpost) and Hafir El Auja (major camp), plus Nakhl (fortress) and Bir Hassana (outpost) in central Sinai and other westward water points

and outposts in North Sinai.

Also, the Ottomans (German Engineers) constructed a branch from Al Hejaz railway to Hafir El Auja and El Qusaima via Beersheba to supply and evacuate their forces (north-south),

while the British Royal Engineers were constructing a railway and water pipeline along Darb El Arish or El Darb El Sultani

(ancient Way of Horus or Via Maris) to advance eastwards to Rafah and Palestine.

The first asphalt road between El Qantara and El Arish was constructed

by Shell Company in 1952-54 CE.

(Source: A. Shams, Sinai Peninsula Research, 2018)

G. Eric and Edith Matson Photograph Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

palestine WW1 world war 1914 1918 guerre mondiale patrick milan

Turkish hospital tent interior

American Colony (Jerusalem). Photo Dept., photographer

between 1915 and 1918

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

palestine WW1 world war 1914 1918 guerre mondiale patrick milan

Red Crescent relief, Jerusalem

American Colony (Jerusalem). Photo Dept., photographer

1917

G. Eric and Edith Matson Photograph Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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Red Crescent Jerusalem

between 1915 and 1918

G. Eric and Edith Matson Photograph Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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Red Crescent Society officials, Jerusalem

between 1915 and 1918

G. Eric and Edith Matson Photograph Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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ARC Bacteriological Laboratory in Jerusalem

26 November 1918 

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

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Nurses, RC Hospital in Jerusalem

26 November 1918 

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

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Austrian Military Hospital, Ratisbonne Monastery, Jerusalem

1916

G. Eric and Edith Matson Photograph Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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Austrian Military Hospital, Ratisbonne Monastery, Jerusalem

1916

G. Eric and Edith Matson Photograph Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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American Red Cross Hospital at Jerusalem

7 March 1919

Photographer : ARC

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

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Catholic service in Austrian Military Hospital, Ratisbonne Monastery, Jerusalem

American Colony (Jerusalem). Photo Dept., photographer

1916

G. Eric and Edith Matson Photograph Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

palestine WW1 world war 1914 1918 guerre mondiale patrick milan

Catholic service in Austrian Military Hospital, Ratisbonne Monastery, Jerusalem

American Colony (Jerusalem). Photo Dept., photographer

1916

G. Eric and Edith Matson Photograph Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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Priests serving Mass to patients, Red Crescent Headquarters, Jerusalem

between 1915 and 1918

American Colony (Jerusalem). Photo Dept., photographer

G. Eric and Edith Matson Photograph Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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Corridor of the R.C. Hospital in Jerusalem

26 November 1918 

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

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